You can always rely on the main stream media to report aviation related matters with varying degrees of inaccuracy..

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thecuzzin@reddit

But they will report with 100% accuracy on the economy right?

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coweatyou@reddit

Gell-Mann laughing at everyone from the grave.

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Karmakazee@reddit

[Here’s a shot of the actual plane in flight.](https://images.app.goo.gl/ze1iMSccKr3DTwVG7)

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doggscube@reddit

Plane wall? “The part of the plane that’s not outside, but also kinda not completely inside, fell off”

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These plug doors are designed to work like a stopper for the sink. But when one gets sucked out of the plane like a stopper being pulled down and through the sink opening-taint right. Not supposed to be possible. But something wasn’t done right in either manufacture, installation or corrosion prevention.

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dentedmuffin@reddit

That's not good. Someone should remove that aircraft from the environment

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Acedo1000@reddit

Somewhere I read it is a 10 week or days old plane!!!

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capt-avi8or@reddit

The CNN headline when the 777 disappeared was still my favorite…”The Boeing 777 will struggle to maintain altitude with empty fuel tanks”

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majoraloysius@reddit

Well, to be fair, CNN was also the network that wouldn’t let the wormhole theory go either.

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YMMV25@reddit

A classic. I still have a photo on my phone taken of a TV screen with this headline on it.

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kettle_of_f1sh@reddit (OP)

I mean, they aren’t wrong!

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capt-avi8or@reddit

No, they’re not ….Likely one of the few true headlines they’ve ever published….

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doggscube@reddit

I mean, have you even tried not crashing? Ffs

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77_Gear@reddit

Wait is this real?

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kettle_of_f1sh@reddit (OP)

I’m afraid so. Take a look at the NBC website.

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DontCheckMyReference@reddit

Says 737 when I checked 5 or 10 minutes ago

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kettle_of_f1sh@reddit (OP)

Must’ve been updated recently.

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DontCheckMyReference@reddit

A little under 2 hours ago according to their time stamp. No record in the story of an update. I don’t usually read US network news, but outlets like the CBC will make a note of their changes by stating at the end “An earlier version of this story etc etc”. (I’m not saying they didn’t screw up, I’m saying they should just state what they corrected).

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The_Challenger11@reddit

It's not like that for me 🥲

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whitecollarpizzaman@reddit

Whenever I hear the media report on the things I am actually knowledgeable about, I realize how inaccurate certain elements of reporting is. I always take news as an aggregate, and not as a precise source of information. It’s different with more investigative reporting, where the journalist will actually imbed with people in an industry/situation, but when it comes to first headline reporting, always take it with a grain of salt.

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stinger5550@reddit

You see this a lot in the news. They don't understand the difference between a 737, 747, 757, 767, 777...

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Law-of-Poe@reddit

Does this mean their Juneau-Qatar routes are suspended?

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77_Gear@reddit

Wait is this real?

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stuloch@reddit

To be fair, the airline has also grounded all of their 767s, A380s and B-52s.

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wcbOwen@reddit

That’s a lot of air buses

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tambrico@reddit

Still holding out hope for the B52MAX

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lawontheside@reddit

That’s already a thing, it’s called the B-52J. Alaska is looking at ordering some to forward deploy in the Pacific when the Hawaiian merger goes through /s

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